So, is everyone staying warm at -40, -50, and -60? (North Pole: homes, live in)

[kittymama]

Originally Posted by Rance

You know...there are warmer places in the state than Fairbanks. You never considered re-locating within Ak?

Yeah, I know Anchorage would be an improvement over Fairbanks - it has more hours of daylight, more stores and restaurants and prettier scenery. But I'm sick enough of winter, I don't want to live where it snows more than once a year on average. I'm planning on moving back to Texas.

[Rance]

Texas? How can you handle the heat of summer?

[mongazid]

Originally Posted by Rance

Texas? How can you handle the heat of summer?

No kiddin, You can only get so naked.

[kittymama]

I'm from Texas originally. I always wanted to live someplace where it snowed b/c I thought snow was beautiful. Turns out, part of the reason I liked snow was that it was rare and meant a day off in Texas. When I lived in Boston, I enjoyed the winters. But Fairbanks has given me such a fill of winter that even a Boston winter seems like more than I'd like. I miss the sun so much, I want to live where it shines year round.

[warptman]

May it rain on you wherever you move...lol

[Glitch]

Originally Posted by kittymama

I miss the sun so much, I want to live where it shines year round.

You might want to consider the eastern Sahara in North Africa, where they average 4,300 hours of sunshine per year (that's sunshine for 358+ days out of 365), the sunniest spot on the planet.

One of the reasons I moved to Alaska is because I could not handle the perpetual summers of southern California. Day in and day out, nothing but sunshine and warm weather, with an occasional down pour in December and March. After living in Alaska, that might seem like paradise, and for the first year or so it might feel like paradise, but it gets just as old as the cold, ice, and snow. The difference is, I know winter in Alaska will come to an end and things will warm up and become green again. That is not the case in southern California, summers are endless. It got incredibly boring and monotonous. I need to live where there is a clear change of seasons.

[kittymama]

Glitch...you're making me want to move to LA right now. Seriously, I went there last February and watched the planes take off from LAX and was envious that it was warm and sunny and so well connected to the rest of the world. I also hum "California Dreamin" by the Mamas and Papas all winter long. :-) I actually considered SoCal, but decided on TX b/c a) family lives there b) economical reasons. Yes, when I lived in TX, I got tired of summer sometimes, but it's really not the same as getting tired of winter. You don't have to worry about gear or zip up parkas or worry if your car has been running. Summer may get old, but it isn't WORK.

[warptman]

Kitty, stop whining and hop on the next flight!

[Fleet]

Originally Posted by Glitch

One of the reasons I moved to Alaska is because I could not handle the perpetual summers of southern California. Day in and day out, nothing but sunshine and warm weather, with an occasional down pour in December and March. After living in Alaska, that might seem like paradise, and for the first year or so it might feel like paradise, but it gets just as old as the cold, ice, and snow. The difference is, I know winter in Alaska will come to an end and things will warm up and become green again. That is not the case in southern California, summers are endless. It got incredibly boring and monotonous. I need to live where there is a clear change of seasons.

Well, it's not quite perpetual summers out here (not that I wouldn't want that).

There were some quite cool (for southern California), un-summerlike days here a few weeks ago.
Here, for instance, are some maximum/minimum temps I recorded:

Date----------- Max/Min Temperature
Dec. 14-------- 55/37
-----15-------- 54/42
-----16-------- 55/38
-----17-------- 44/37 (Snow level approx. 2,000 feet)
-----18-------- 54/34
-----19-------- 56/34.5

The average max/min for Los Angeles in Dec is about 67/48.

After reading the cold temperatures in this thread, like -27, I guesss I better not complain that it is not 70 degrees here today (it is currently 67).

[arctichomesteader]

Originally Posted by Fleet

Well, it's not quite perpetual summers out here (not that I wouldn't want that).

There were some quite cool (for southern California), un-summerlike days here a few weeks ago.
Here, for instance, are some maximum/minimum temps I recorded:

Date----------- Max/Min Temperature
Dec. 14-------- 55/37
-----15-------- 54/42
-----16-------- 55/38
-----17-------- 44/37 (Snow level approx. 2,000 feet)
-----18-------- 54/34
-----19-------- 56/34.5

The average max/min for Los Angeles in Dec is about 67/48.

After reading the cold temperatures in this thread, like -27, I guesss I better not complain that it is not 70 degrees here today (it is currently 67).

You call that winter? Not too far off some of the summer temps around my land near Manley Hot Springs. lol